Book excitement

Today I am mostly excited about Dark Minds which is a horror/noir short story collection including a story by a girl I know - she was in Benedict's primary school class, and she's the daughter of Andreas' godmother. Today was a day I had planned for finishing my Christmas shopping and sitting in a cafe with a book, so if all goes to plan, I'm going to get my copy in Waterstones later.

This is also a reminder that I'm running a bookswap in January, sign up here, if you fancy some new reading material and are happy to enthuse about your favourite books, it's as simple as 'send a book you like to someone else' and it should be low-pressure and mean we get to read something a bit new.

Also, yesterday I was;

reading: The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
watching: just finishing up a Gilmore Girls watch through, and then I'll watch the new ones agan
playing: Andreas nad I had a round of Princess Cupcakes, and Colin, Judith and I played Tsuro of the Seas
eating: dal with roast butternut squash, fried onions and flatbreads

I've got a brand new combine harvester

For my 30th birthday, Jon gave me a Lego Technic combine harvester kit, because I'd never had Lego Technic of my own. I was determined to complete it without help, so it's taken me a few years, but it's finally done!